This speech will be about my role as a Judge of the Māori Land Court. However, because I became a Judge only a matter of weeks ago, I do not yet have many stories to share with you about my new job.
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai A Special Sitting At Hamilton BNZ Centre, Level 2, 354-358 Victoria Street, Hamilton Thursday 5 September 2024 Judge R P Mullins Presiding PĀNUI NO.
Documents/Panui/14.-Waikato-Maniapoto-Specials-5-September-2024.pdf (152 kb)
Māori women judges have agreed to work with a group of Māori women lawyers to provide networking and mentoring support, so as to encourage young Māori women lawyers to take their careers as far as possible.
He pānuitanga tēnei kia mōhiotia ai ka tū Te Kooti Whenua Māori ki te whakawā, ki te uiui hoki, i ngā tikanga o ngā tono a muri ake - Nau mai, haere mai Special Sittings At Whāngarei Māori Land Court, Level 2, 16 Rathbone Street, Whangarei 0110 Tuesday 1 October 2024 Judge T K T A R Williams Presiding PĀNUI NO.
Documents/Panui/28.-Taitokerau-Special-1-October-2024.pdf (138 kb)
Perhaps the answer to the problem is that we must view land ownership as a consequence of membership of a kin group, rather than possession of a shareholding.
Transferring shares TRANSFERRING SHARES AS A SALE OR A GIFT You can only transfer Māori land shares by a sale or a gift with a vesting order, unless the MLC agrees to confirm a memorandum of transfer.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.3E-OCT21-Transferring-Maori-Land-Shares.pdf (78 kb)
Whakapapa details (Schedule 2) must be completed and show how the transferee(s) qualifies as a member of the preferred classes of alienees. 6.
NOTE: An applicant may seek a preliminary hearing by the Court as to the merits of partition before obtaining a valuation.
Documents/Forms/MLC-Form-39-Application-for-a-partition.pdf (194 kb)
SECTION APPLICANT SUBJECT SP 3 10:00 AM AP-20240000011918 239/93 Marcelle Williams He whakarerekētanga ki ngā tarahitī mō Patetere/Merengaere Whānau Trust Replace Simeon Williams with Marcelle Williams as a responsible trustee of Patetere/Merengaere Whānau Trust Waikato Maniapoto PĀNUI SP 4 10:15 AM AP-20240000001324 214/93 219/93 220/93 222/93 Colettee Marsh Phyllis Brooks He whakatū i te Colettee Marsh Whānau Trust me te kopou i ngā ta...
Documents/Panui/44.-Waikato-Maniapoto-9-July-2025.pdf (172 kb)
Chief Judge Fox was appointed as a Māori Land Court judge on 1 October 2000, and shortly thereafter was appointed as the Presiding Officer of the Waitangi Tribunal’s Central North Island district inquiry in 2001.
